[pianotech] Winter

[Greg Newell]

If your splits happen in the corners you might borrow one of your wife's
nail files and knock the sharp corners of your nails off from the last time
you cut them. I find that usually help a little bit. Mostly though, staying
hydrated with good clean water helps best. Not an overnight cure though.

Greg Newell
Greg's Piano Forté
www.gregspianoforte.com
216-226-3791 (office)
216-470-8634 (mobile)


-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Ron Nossaman
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 10:32 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Winter


> Gee whiz, Ron. I'm assuming you don't like the feel of cracked 
> fingertips either ... or the feel of raw meat for two hours. To each his 
> own, though. <G>

The problem is that sliming my hands with anything I've tried, 
including all the posted suggestions and many more, doesn't 
keep my fingertips from splitting. In a perfect world, a minor 
application of Jobu would keep the evil spirits away, but I 
don't seem to live in a world anything like that. So I patch, 
with tape as necessary, which does work. If you don't have to, 
I'm happy for you.

Ron N